Re: Re: Re: Lightweight syntax: a dissident view

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

This is about typing speed only, and the mantra stays, on any sane
software project thats more than a quick script-hack, typing speed
should never be something that makes your completion time earlier or
later..

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Mateusz Czaplinski
<czapkofan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy
> <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>>> AFAICT, the only unambiguous syntax is the following:
>>>
>>>     `initial_token` [arglist] `separator` [chunk] `final_token´
>>> or
>>>     `initial_token` [arglist] `separator` [explist] `final_token´
>>>
>>> with `final_token` ~= `initial_token`, and various restrictions on the
>>> individual tokens to avoid ambiguities.
>>
>> For instance:
>>
>> initial_token = '\'
>
> Ouch; I have one major complaint against the '\' character
> (unfortunately, applies to '|' as its shift-sibling as well): it seems
> somehow that the keyboard manufacturers have a secret conspiracy, the
> first commandment of which is to invent and introduce some random
> locations for it on the keyboard as often as possible. At this very
> moment I recall at least 3 different locations where I've seen it
> placed. Not only that - to make it harder, it's usually in some
> utterly uncomfortable position. I'm always cursing at it, and it's one
> of major PITAs for me when I try to write something in LaTeX. Please,
> please, don't spoil my beloved Lua with this abomination...
>
> If you're lucky not to know what I'm talking about, please take a look
> at these results of quick googling:
> http://www.theblog.ca/bilingual-canadian-keyboard
> http://www.richard-banks.org/2010/07/bad-keyboard-design.html
> http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:m57YuiYaFNpw5M:http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h311/SnorpWhop/fodder.jpg
> http://www.laptopmag.com/uploadedImages/review/laptops/2009/misc/archos10_1085g.jpg
> http://www.kendeeter.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/backslash.JPG
>
> thanks
> Mateusz Czapliński
>
>